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Post by senojbor on Aug 31, 2024 16:41:23 GMT
The average age of the starting 11 today was 22.
I cannot recall a younger starting 11 for a league game in my 67 years
Brought two 17 year olds on from the bench too
Who said you win nothing with kids
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Aug 31, 2024 16:42:25 GMT
About time we had a young exciting team.
We’ve been old clogger Stoke for far too fucking long.
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Post by Beloved Monkfish on Aug 31, 2024 16:43:01 GMT
The average age of the starting 11 today was 22. I cannot recall a younger starting 11 for a league game in my 67 years Brought two 17 year olds on from the bench too Who said you win nothing with kids It was Alan Hansen |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 31, 2024 16:45:57 GMT
The average age of the starting 11 today was 22. I cannot recall a younger starting 11 for a league game in my 67 years Brought two 17 year olds on from the bench too Who said you win nothing with kids It was Alan Hansen It was more a statement than question wasnt it? 🤣 |
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Post by Beloved Monkfish on Aug 31, 2024 16:46:59 GMT
It was more a statement than question wasnt it? 🤣 Somebody didn't get the joke... |
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Post by lordb on Aug 31, 2024 17:34:19 GMT
The average age of the starting 11 today was 22. I cannot recall a younger starting 11 for a league game in my 67 years Brought two 17 year olds on from the bench too Who said you win nothing with kids Was it Paul Hardcastle? |
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Post by linslader on Aug 31, 2024 17:37:03 GMT
The average age of the starting 11 today was 22. I cannot recall a younger starting 11 for a league game in my 67 years Brought two 17 year olds on from the bench too Who said you win nothing with kids Was it Paul Hardcastle? N.n.n.Nein! (teen) |
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Post by standbutler1 on Aug 31, 2024 18:15:03 GMT
think it was Garry Glitter
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Post by lordb on Aug 31, 2024 18:15:36 GMT
think it was Garry Glitter 😮 |
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 31, 2024 18:16:43 GMT
The average age of the starting 11 today was 22. I cannot recall a younger starting 11 for a league game in my 67 years Brought two 17 year olds on from the bench too Who said you win nothing with kids Young team and a brave young manager. Throw in a young Technical Director and you just might have the recipe for success…. |
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Post by standbutler1 on Aug 31, 2024 18:19:47 GMT
think it was Garry Glitter 😮 Sorry Lord  |
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Post by lordb on Aug 31, 2024 18:21:11 GMT
Sorry Lord No worries If you'd said Dario Gradi wouldn't have batted an eye lid |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Aug 31, 2024 18:23:05 GMT
It's the Pulis legacy.
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Post by GrahamHyde on Sept 3, 2024 17:16:42 GMT
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Post by march4 on Sept 3, 2024 17:29:43 GMT
According to that, TP held the previous record for youngest starting 11. |
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Post by spirered on Sept 3, 2024 19:14:43 GMT
Oldest teams under Mark Hughes, when we had the best results in modern times. We're heading in the wrong direction, you win nowt with kids. Schumacher out! |
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Sept 4, 2024 13:09:22 GMT
Plymouth had the youngest squad age in the Championship (23) last season (at least until Schuey left).
Youth is clearly his "way of doing things".
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Post by lordb on Sept 4, 2024 13:16:27 GMT
Plymouth had the youngest squad age in the Championship (23) last season (at least until Schuey left). Youth is clearly his "way of doing things". That but also Plymouth budget will be one of the lowest in the division,younger players are generally cheaper |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Sept 4, 2024 13:26:30 GMT
Cannon for Mmaee drops the average even lower still.
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Post by foxysgloves on Sept 4, 2024 17:14:39 GMT
Let’s say Vik gets a small injury and is out for a couple of weeks. So we recall Simkin.
Simkin
Junior Phillips Dixon Bocat
Sidibe Lawal
Moran
Koumas Jun Ho
Cannon
Million and Burger are benched for being ancient. Grandad Bocat scrapes in because there’s no younger left back.
Now not only is that a ridiculously young team…..it also looks pretty fucking good.
It’s actually mental. How did this happen!!??
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Post by premieraj on Sept 4, 2024 17:19:20 GMT
It’s nice to have a young age team but at the end of the day results matter.
Yes get behind them but and it would be nice to get top half but success surely has to be play offs minimum as we aren’t really building if the loanees go back every year? Don’t mean to be contentious but our goal is to go up isn’t it!
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Sept 4, 2024 17:20:08 GMT
It’s actually mental. How did this happen!!?? Obviously it's all thanks to St.Jared of Dublin. |
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Post by foxysgloves on Sept 4, 2024 17:24:28 GMT
It’s actually mental. How did this happen!!?? Obviously it's all thanks to St.Jared of Dublin. Last seen walking on the Humber in the direction of Hull….. |
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Post by mrcoke on Sept 4, 2024 18:13:44 GMT
I'm staggered to see Waddington 's name on that list when you think of the stick he used to get for signing "old" players in the 60s. |
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Post by swampmongrel on Sept 4, 2024 18:33:09 GMT
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Post by AlliG on Sept 4, 2024 20:42:12 GMT
I'm staggered to see Waddington 's name on that list when you think of the stick he used to get for signing "old" players in the 60s. It was always a bit of a media fallacy, mainly based on the re-signing of Stan. There were a few other "old" players like David Herd at 36 and maybe Jimmy McIlroy at 32 and Jackie Mudie at 31 but the majority of "old" players that the papers used to mention were 30 or less when Waddo signed them. George Eastham was just 30, Gordon Banks was 29, Dennis Viollet, Eddie Clamp, Maurice Setters, Roy Vernon and Willie Stevenson were all 28, Alex Elder was 26 and Peter Dobing was the grand old age of 24. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Sept 5, 2024 0:57:20 GMT
It’s nice to have a young age team but at the end of the day results matter. Yes get behind them but and it would be nice to get top half but success surely has to be play offs minimum as we aren’t really building if the loanees go back every year? Don’t mean to be contentious but our goal is to go up isn’t it! I'd be chuffed beyond belief with the playoffs but my argument is that it'd be a huge build up if we're actually fun to watch and end top 10. If that happens we'd end the season with a stronger squad than last season right? |
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Post by premieraj on Sept 5, 2024 8:30:24 GMT
It’s nice to have a young age team but at the end of the day results matter. Yes get behind them but and it would be nice to get top half but success surely has to be play offs minimum as we aren’t really building if the loanees go back every year? Don’t mean to be contentious but our goal is to go up isn’t it! I'd be chuffed beyond belief with the playoffs but my argument is that it'd be a huge build up if we're actually fun to watch and end top 10. If that happens we'd end the season with a stronger squad than last season right? Yea agreed as hopefully the say 7 owned players may stay or get improved upon. Its just is a big chunk of say 4 first teamers to lose every summer especially if they’ve done really well? |
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Post by mrcoke on Sept 5, 2024 9:19:09 GMT
Thanks for that. I wondered where Dobing, Setters, Violet, McIlroy, and my all time favourite Harry Burrows were, then I saw the date of the match. Obviously Waddington was looking to the next season and who to blood and keep in the summer. |
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Post by mrcoke on Sept 5, 2024 9:30:41 GMT
I'm staggered to see Waddington 's name on that list when you think of the stick he used to get for signing "old" players in the 60s. It was always a bit of a media fallacy, mainly based on the re-signing of Stan. There were a few other "old" players like David Herd at 36 and maybe Jimmy McIlroy at 32 and Jackie Mudie at 31 but the majority of "old" players that the papers used to mention were 30 or less when Waddo signed them. George Eastham was just 30, Gordon Banks was 29, Dennis Viollet, Eddie Clamp, Maurice Setters, Roy Vernon and Willie Stevenson were all 28, Alex Elder was 26 and Peter Dobing was the grand old age of 24. You are quite right Waddington was over criticised for it, but then he would go and get Herd and Hurst which added fuel to the fire. Waddington set up the youth policy and blooded scores of young players. He also brought in many young players who I used to go and watch in the Central league but they never made it to the first team. He was also very cautious in the way he brought in young players, usually playing them away from home first, so they were not under the glare of the home crowd and have their confidence dashed. Some like Smith were long past being teenagers before they played for the first team. I remember chatting with Frank Mountford once who was frustrated that Waddington did not blood players sooner in the first team. |
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